Expression: "To be what we are, and..."

[Tom]

Hi

Please see below:

"To be what we are, and to become what we are capable of becoming is the only end of life."

Robert Stevenson

Could you please explain this to me?

Thanks

Tom

[Yankee]

Hi Tom

The word end can mean:
outcome, result or goal....

Would that clear things up for you?

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English